I’m a graphic designer and social media manager with 8+ years of experience helping businesses build bold brands and engaging content. I specialize in brand identity, content creation, social media management and digital + print design.
• Brand identity & rebranding
• Social media content creation & management
• Graphic design for print and digital
• Strategy and creative guidance
Let’s bring your brand to life!
Graphic Design
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Brand Design
Brand Identity
Brand Identity & Guidelines
Content Creation
Social Media Content Creation
Social Media Management
GIF
Video Editing
Adobe Premiere Pro
Canva
CapCut
Dinika N.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
$25/hr
5.0
102 jobs
𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 & 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 | 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫
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If you need an elite, highly adaptive designer to craft premium brand identities and hand-drawn patterns, or an analytical specialist for high-stakes AI training data, I bring meticulous execution to every project. From designing the official exterior livery for a national air carrier to engineering complex training datasets for advanced language models, I turn challenging requirements into pixel-perfect reality, always on time and entirely aligned with your goals.
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐞
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• Exceptional Creative Versatility: Expert across diverse mediums, creating everything from custom-crafted apparel graphics and repeat fabric patterns to commercial packaging.
• Premium Brand Integrity: Trusted to maintain absolute visual consistency for high-profile clients featured on CNN and Good Morning America.
• Multi-Domain AI Expertise: 2+ years of experience analyzing, evaluating, and labeling complex data structures across text, code, and multimodal/image models.
• Optional Workflows: My artwork is grounded in traditional design principles, but I hold a certification in generative AI and have experience with tools like Adobe Firefly, LeonardoAi to optimize assets solely when requested.
𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 & 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐭
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• Graphic Design & Brand Identity: Corporate brand kits, commercial package design, marketing collateral, pitch decks, and custom garment/apparel graphics.
• Educational Materials & Publishing: Custom workbooks, educational manuals, training materials, and interactive student worksheets.
• Custom & Product Illustration: Hand-drawn repeat clothing patterns, children's coloring pages, scrapbooking stamps/stencils, and festival posters.
• LLM Data Annotation & Evaluation: High-accuracy prompt engineering, response alignment, safety testing, and multi-format data labeling across text, code, and vision models.
𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 & 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲
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• Design & Layout: Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
• Vector Execution: Canva Pro expert—highly skilled at importing fully editable, custom vector assets built in Illustrator into collaborative client setups.
• AI Evaluation: Advanced LLM evaluation environments and prompt alignment interfaces.
𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬
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• National Impact: Design selected for the official domestic aircraft livery for FlySafair, a South African national airline carrier.
• Global Market Reach: Developed hand-illustrated children's apparel patterns and commercial compliance packaging currently active on the market.
• Brand Design Training: Conducted full-day, deep-dive brand alignment course to maintain corporate media standards.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐲
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❝𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙙-𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝—𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙙𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨... 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 - 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙣𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧!! 𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣!❞
❝𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙. 𝙈𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨...❞
❝𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚-𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨...❞
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I am a native English speaker with a 100% Job Success Score, available immediately, and completely open to adjusting to your team's preferred timelines. Let’s connect to discuss how I can bring value to your design or data operations!
Graphic Design
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Illustration
Art & Design
Generative AI
Icon Design
Social Media Design
Adobe Creative Cloud
Brand Design
Social Media Kit
Board Game
Canva
Social Media Graphic
Packaging Design
LLM Prompt Engineering
Template Design
Pattern Illustration
Textile Design
Storybook
ANDRIES D.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
$12/hr
5.0
59 jobs
As a seasoned Graphic Designer with a rich experience spanning 18 years, I've honed my craft in web and logo design, showcasing my expertise as a certified Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator professional. My career is marked by a profound ability to collaborate, strong communicative prowess—both verbally and in writing—and I pride myself on serving as a proactive team member.
Diligence, precision, and a keen eye for detail are at the core of my work ethic, and I bring unfaltering dedication to each project I undertake. I have a track record for nurturing exemplary client relationships, ensuring customer satisfaction remains paramount. Fuelled by passion and tenacity, I thrive in deadline-oriented environments, consistently delivering top-tier work regardless of project scale, from individual clients to Fortune 500 companies.
The 🆂🅴🆁🆅🅸🅲🅴🆂 I provide include (but are not limited to):
⭐ Image Editing: Crafting visuals to perfection with Adobe Photoshop.
⭐ Logo Design & Vector Creation: Bringing brands to life with Adobe Illustrator.
⭐ Video Editing: Producing compelling narratives with Capcut, Da Vinci Resolve and After Effects.
⭐ Excel Programming: Streamlining processes with Excel VBA.
⭐ Web Scraping: Generating viable leads, compiling product databases, and creating email lists.
⭐ Scripting: Automating tasks, translating in bulk, and efficient data entry.
⭐ Website Maintenance: Managing product updates, site migration, and bulk product integrations.
⭐ Data Entry: Ensuring accuracy in form filling, Excel, Access, and handling PDFs.
The excitement for the unknown fuels my drive—each new project is an invitation to innovate, overcome, and excel.
Feel free to reach out for further information or a quote on your next project. Let's create something exceptional together.
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Excel
Data Scraping
Python
Data Extraction
Microsoft Access
WinAutomation
Data Collection
Data Science
Data Entry
Bot Development
CapCut
DaVinci Resolve
Adobe After Effects
Tasneem F.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
$23/hr
5.0
13 jobs
I am a content creator that has an eye for extreme attention to detail and all things aesthetically pleasing. I keep up with trends across the various social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and TikTok and I am extremely organized. I believe in producing quality content within the required timeframe. I have experience with both small businesses, content creators including private clients as well as online subtitling platforms like Rev.com.
- I am experienced in creating social media content in Canva. This includes Instagram and Facebook posts, stories, mini presentations and adverts.
- I am also experienced in photo and video editing with basic photoshop. All my previous work was done in Adobe Lightroom, Capcut, Quik GoPro, Filmora Wondershare and PicsArt.
- I am highly organized and believe in meeting deadlines as punctuality is important to me.
Graphic Design
Video Editing
Instagram Story
Adobe Lightroom
CapCut
TikTok Video
Content Creation
Content Management
Instagram
Canva
Creative Strategy
Data Analysis
Scriptwriting
Influencer Outreach
SandeeA B.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
$20/hr
5.0
2 jobs
Need a social media manager who can also design scroll-stopping visuals & keep your admin on track? I’m your all-in-one solution.
I help small businesses, entrepreneurs and brands grow online through eye-catching content & consistent branding. With over 4 years experience, I understand how to blend visual appeal with strategy - delivering content that not only looks good but drives real results.
What I offer:
1. Social media management (content planning & scheduling, captions & hashtag research unique to your brand, engagement & inbox management)
2. Graphic design in Canva (posts, stories, carousels, reel covers, branding kits, templates for various social media pages)
3. Admin support (emails, task tracking, formatting documents, file management, data entry)
I pride myself on fast turnaround times, open communication & delivering polished work. Let’s build your brand & free up your time!
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